BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Western Australian Naturalists Club - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Western Australian Naturalists Club X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Western Australian Naturalists Club REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Perth BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:AWST DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260621T093000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260621T130000 DTSTAMP:20260609T224848 CREATED:20260513T124254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T124254Z UID:10000735-1782034200-1782046800@www.wanaturalists.org.au SUMMARY:WA Nats Bushwalking Group - Perth Hills Discovery Centre DESCRIPTION:Perth Hill Discovery Centre\nLocation: Mundaring\nTime: 9:30am for 10:00am start\nMeet: Perth Hills Discovery Centre [UBD map 276 J11]\nDetails: Perth Hills Discovery Centre to Ball Creek Campsite on the Bibbulmun Track. It is approximately 5km return with a few gradual slopes and no steps.\nWear clothes appropriate to the weather (i.e. hat / rainwear) and suitable footwear. Toilets at the Discovery Centre and Ball Creek Campsite. \nBring morning tea\, lunch and drinking water. Morning tea at Ball Creek Campsite and lunch back at the cars around the picnic tables. \nPlease be aware\, if the weather dictates\, the leader may choose to cancel or change the walk. Check the website for updates after 6pm on Saturday 20 June. URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/wa-nats-bushwalking-group-perth-hills-discovery-centre/ LOCATION:Perth Hills Discovery Centre\, 380 Allen Road\, Mundaring\, WA\, 6073\, Australia ORGANIZER;CN="Haydee Adel":MAILTO:haydeew@gmail.com GEO:-31.9523696;116.1748666 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Perth Hills Discovery Centre 380 Allen Road Mundaring WA 6073 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=380 Allen Road:geo:116.1748666,-31.9523696 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260623T083000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260623T093000 DTSTAMP:20260609T224848 CREATED:20260512T031714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T062103Z UID:10000732-1782203400-1782207000@www.wanaturalists.org.au SUMMARY:NSB Golly Walk: Visit to Miyawaki Forest/Bushland Classroom DESCRIPTION:As a follow up to Dr Grey Coupland’s presentation (Tuesday 16 June) we will visit the Miyawaki Forest/Bush Classroom planted by Dr Coupland and students at the Statewide Services Centre in Padbury in 2022. \nNote Golly Walk for this month has been moved to Tuesday. \nThis will be a joint trip with NSB members of the WA Wildflower Society. \nMeet in the Statewide Services Centre MacGregor Drive car park (use entrance on MacGregor Drive) \nBring comfortable footwear and clothes suitable for the weather.  We will find a nearby café for morning tea. URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/nsb-golly-walk-visit-to-miyawaki-forest-bushland-classroom-to-be-confirmed/ LOCATION:Statewide Services Centre\, GilesAve\, Padbury\, WA\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/files/2026/05/IMG_5353.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260705T093000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260705T140000 DTSTAMP:20260609T224848 CREATED:20260423T092504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T092504Z UID:10000725-1783243800-1783260000@www.wanaturalists.org.au SUMMARY:WA Nats Bushwalking Group DESCRIPTION:Pickering Brook  \nMeet:              At the end of Bracken Rd in Pickering Brook. Turn right at the T junction at the end of the road and park at the roadside. [UBD map 316\, A12]. \nDetails:            The walk is 5 – 6 km along good bush paths with some hills in open woodland. The walk has been shortened as we will go to Boundary Rd instead of the powerlines. Wear clothes appropriate to the weather (i.e. hat / rainwear) and suitable footwear.  Bring morning tea\, lunch and drinking water.  Afternoon tea/coffee back at the cars\, if you want to stay. \nPlease be aware\, if the weather dictates\, the leader may choose to cancel or change the walk. Check the website for updates after 6pm on Saturday 4 July. \nContact:          Lutz Elber        Ph 0437 141 299 URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/wa-nats-bushwalking-group-35/ LOCATION:Pickering Brook\, end of Bracken Rd.\, Pickering Brook\, WA\, Australia CATEGORIES:Walk GEO:-32.027098;116.15336 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pickering Brook end of Bracken Rd. Pickering Brook WA Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=end of Bracken Rd.:geo:116.15336,-32.027098 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260710T191500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260710T213000 DTSTAMP:20260609T224848 CREATED:20260603T065014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260603T065036Z UID:10000694-1783710900-1783719000@www.wanaturalists.org.au SUMMARY:Lois Gearing on the Naretha Bluebonnet Parrot DESCRIPTION:Lois Gearing will talk about the little-known Naretha Bluebonnet Parrot \nNote: This event will not be held in our usual venue. It has been changed to Zig-Zig Seminar Room\, 50 Railway Road\, Kalamunda\n\nNote: no RSVP required.\n\n \n\nTopic:\n\nThe Naretha Bluebonnet (Northiella narethae) is one of Australia’s least-known parrots — and one of the very last to be discovered\, formally described as recently as 1921. Even its name carries deep meaning: narethae is derived from the local Indigenous name for saltbush\, a vital and lifesaving food source in the remote and often hostile country this parrot inhabits. \nThis remarkable species is confined to the Myall belt of Western and South Australia\, on the fringe of the Nullarbor Plain — a landscape characterised by vast distances\, saline soils\, bluebush and saltbush\, and very few trees. It is a land where survival itself seems improbable\, yet the Naretha Bluebonnet has evolved to endure and persist. \nFor a time\, agricultural development across parts of this region inadvertently benefited the species by providing more reliable sources of water\, and flocks once numbered in the hundreds. However\, other landscape changes have since made survival far more challenging. Gone are the days of flocks of 400\, and populations have declined significantly\, particularly in Western Australia. \nIn the 1990s\, the then Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) established a pioneering captive breeding program in partnership with private aviculturists — a novel and forward-thinking initiative for Western Australia. As part of this program\, surplus birds were made available to the public through CALM-run auctions. These auctions not only helped support the program\, but also played a critical role in raising awareness of a parrot that\, until then\, very few people knew existed — or that it lived in WA at all. \nIt was through one of these CALM auctions that Lois and Wayne Gearing first came to meet the Naretha Bluebonnet and began what has become a decades-long commitment to the species\, not as owners\, but as guardians. Their involvement has spanned both intensive avicultural work and time spent in the bird’s remote homelands — landscapes that leave one asking how any creature survives there\, let alone breeds successfully. \nToday\, the greatest threat facing the Naretha Bluebonnet is the loss of nesting habitat. Suitable nesting trees are few and far between\, and many of the mature Allocasuarina pauper trees — relied upon for nesting hollows — are now splitting and collapsing with age. Regeneration of younger trees is minimal or absent. Without active intervention\, the lack of nesting trees places this resilient little parrot at serious risk of extinction. \nAs of 2026\, there are no Naretha Bluebonnets held in any zoos or wildlife parks in Australia. \nThis presentation explores the ecology of the Naretha Bluebonnet\, the harsh and beautiful landscapes it inhabits\, and the plants and trees essential to its survival — and tells the story of a small\, tough Australian battler that urgently needs our understanding\, advocacy and help. \n\n\nPlus:\n\nFocus/ Boffins talk – Mike and Rachel Green will give a talk on the Spotted Bowerbird. \n“Nature road show”. Members and visitors are encouraged to bring items to place on the display table or to send photographs to the MC in advance\, e.g. a sample flower\, an insect\, and so on – anything of natural history interest that has legally been obtained. If you wish to show a photograph\, please email it\, no later than the Wednesday before the meeting\, to our MC for this night\, and she/he will include it on her PowerPoint slides. We have a dedicated email for this purpose natclub@webco.com.au\nThing of the month / Things coming up next month: These two presentations are about things in nature happening this month and things coming up\, so if you have any photos or information\, send them to: natclub@webco.com.au\nDoor prizes: You could also be the lucky winner of a door prize. We make sure there are prizes for both members and visitors.\nRaffle: We will have a great raffle  – please raid your piggy bank for a bit more cash\, $5 for 3 tickets.\n\nTime: Please come at 7.15pm or earlier if you wish\, for a 7.30pm start as we start promptly. We are open from 6.45pm. We finish formal proceedings no later than 9.30pm.\nDonation: All this for only a donation of $3 per person for adult members ($0 for child members)\, and $5 per adult visitor and $1 per visiting child to help with the costs of running the club\, venue hire\, insurance and so on.  We do not have EFTPOS facilities yet.\nEntrance: It is a condition of entry that everyone signs in on arrival\, thank you.\nParking: Free parking in streets nearby.\nWheelchair access: available.\nToilets: around the corner from the seminar room.\nBookings: No bookings required.\nCOVID19: Even though restrictions have eased\, we will still encourage members and visitors to take precautions and please do not attend if unwell. URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/lois-gearing-2/ LOCATION:ZigZag Seminar Room\, 50 Railway Road\, Kalamunda ORGANIZER;CN="Bradley Cox":MAILTO:bradleywcox@outlook.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260814T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260814T213000 DTSTAMP:20260609T224848 CREATED:20260425T025921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260530T013638Z UID:10000726-1786734000-1786743000@www.wanaturalists.org.au SUMMARY:Poppy Mahon talking about Rodenticides (DRB) DESCRIPTION:Poppy Mahon talking about Rodenticides (DRB) \nNote: This event will not be held in our usual venue. It has been changed to Zig-Zig Seminar Room\, 50 Railway Road\, Kalamunda\n\nNote: no RSVP required.\nCOVID19: Even though restrictions have eased\, we will still encourage members and visitors to take precautions and please do not attend if unwell.\n\nSpeaker:\n\nPoppy Mahon – Youth activist from Youth Action for Wildlife\, advocating for change to protect native species from harmful rodenticides.\n\nTopic:\n\n\n\nPoppy was involved with the Big Challenge – Wildlife Friendly Rodent Control Forums\, a family-friendly community event focused on protecting our waterways\, wildlife\, and pets from harmful rodent control methods. There were three forums held in 2025. \n\nPoppy will talk about the information learned from these forums and will give us an update on where we are at with rodenticides.\n\n\n\n\nPlus:\n\n\nFocus/ Boffins talk – A member will give a short talk. Ha Hoang will give an update on his Western Swamp Turtle Egg Translocation Study. \n“Nature road show”. Members and visitors are encouraged to bring items to place on the display table or to send photographs to the MC in advance\, e.g. a sample flower\, an insect\, and so on – anything of natural history interest that has legally been obtained. If you wish to show a photograph\, please email it\, no later than the Wednesday before the meeting\, to our MC for this night\, and she/he will include it on her PowerPoint slides. We have a dedicated email for this purpose natclub@webco.com.au\nThing of the month / Things coming up next month: These two presentations are about things in nature happening this month and things coming up\, so if you have any photos or information\, send them to: natclub@webco.com.au\nDoor prizes: You could also be the lucky winner of a door prize. We make sure there are prizes for both members and visitors.\nRaffle: We will have a great raffle  – please raid your piggy bank for a bit more cash\, $5 for 3 tickets.\n\nTime: Please come at 7.15pm or earlier if you wish\, for a 7.30pm start as we start promptly. We are open from 6.45pm. We finish formal proceedings no later than 9.30pm.\nDonation: All this for only a donation of $3 per person for adult members ($0 for child members)\, and $5 per adult visitor and $1 per visiting child to help with the costs of running the club\, venue hire\, insurance and so on.  We do not have EFTPOS facilities yet.\nEntrance: It is a condition of entry that everyone signs in on arrival\, thank you.\nParking: Free parking right outside.\nWheelchair access: Everything is on one level.\nToilets: Are inside.\nBookings: No bookings required.\nSee you there for a fabulous night. URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/poppy-mahon-talking-about-rodenticides-drb/ LOCATION:ZigZag Seminar Room\, 50 Railway Road\, Kalamunda ORGANIZER;CN="Bradley Cox":MAILTO:bradleywcox@outlook.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR